The Brothers Four:Detroit City Lyrics

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I wanna go home, I wanna go home,Oh, how I want to go home.

Last night, I went to sleep in Detroit City,And I dreamed about those cotton fields at home.I dreamed about my mother,Dear old papa, sister and brother,I dreamed about that girlWho's been waiting for so long.

I wanna go home, I wanna go home,Oh, how I wanna go home!

Home, folks think I'm big in Detroit City.From the letters that I write, they think I'm fine.But by day, I make the cars,By night I make the bars,If only they could read between the lines!

spoken:You know,I rode a freight train north to Detroit City.And after all these years,I find I've just been wastin' my time.So I just think I'll take my foolish pride,And I'll put on a south bound freight and ride,Go on back to the love ones,The ones I left waitin' so far behind.